The effect of a quality improvement programme reducing blood culture contamination on the detection of bloodstream infection in an emergency department

The effect of a quality improvement programme reducing blood culture contamination on the detection of bloodstream infection in an emergency department

Background: Contaminated blood cultures (BC) generate avoidable costs and prolong hospital stays. To measure our hospital’s performance against the recommended standard of

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of infection prevention 2015-03, Vol.16 (2), p.82-87
Hauptverfasser: Robertson, Paul, Russell, Andrew, Inverarity, Donald J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Contaminated blood cultures (BC) generate avoidable costs and prolong hospital stays. To measure our hospital’s performance against the recommended standard of
ISSN:1757-1774
1757-1782
DOI:10.1177/1757177414561107